It's a good thing I like this, because things are about to get crazy

It has been a really ridiculously busy, exciting few weeks as 10 new child interest assessors and 5 interpreters started. It looks like they are going to make a fantastic team and ready to meet the demands of the US resettlement campaign and the hundreds of separated minors that will come with it. Already, after only a few weeks of interviews by the US government, over 150 such families have been identified and referred. I am excited about this project, and the new challenges I will face with the craziness of the next months.

I have more pictures to post from the past few weeks in Mae La (which, by the way things are looking, will be my home away from home for basically the rest of my life) but, it's now 5am, and I am currently sitting in an internet cafe at the Bangkok airport waiting for my flight to go home for a few weeks, so pictures will have to wait. I look forward to seeing some of you soon!

New BID team - and it begins!
Family meetings in camp to relieve fears about determining child custody and resettlement issues.
At the UNHCR office in Mae La